Assignment #3 - Light and Shadow

Introductory Photography
Assignment #4 - Print "Contrast" - Picturing Light and Shadow

Please hand in this sheet in a clear protective sleeve together with your prints and proof sheet(s).

Assignment Description:
Celebrate light and praise shadows, i.e. produce pictures that are more about a quality of light and space than representations of things and events. Light and shadow should be considered subject matter for this assignment.

Meditate on this statement by Gaston Bachelard from The Poetics of Space: "The moment we love an image, it cannot remain the copy of a fact."

Make three prints from one negative using a #00, #2, and #5 filters. If necessary, make a fourth print using one of the other filters in the Multigrade Filter Kit to accomplish optimal contrast (full shadow and highlight detail, with a solid black, a solid white, and a full range of gray values inbetween).

This assignment must be done using film and darkroom techniques. (Digital methods for manipulating contrast will be demonstrated in class.)

Related Reading Assignment:
Study chapter 8, 9, and 10 of the textbook.

Assignment Objective:
Light and shadow are essential to our medium. The word "photography" literally means to mark with light. The point of this assignment is to intimately understand this. The aim is to be capable of identifying and working with different qualities of light (such as diffused, direct, and directional-diffused) in terms of exposure and film development. The experimentation with filters in the darkroom will help to clarify contrast and how to alter it.

Suggestions:
Make the first print using a #2 filter. For the second print, use a #00 filter and do everything exactly as you did for the first print. Make your third print use a #5 filter, but this time double the exposure (either open the enlarging lens one stop brighter or double the exposure time). Avoid night or flash photography for this assignment.

Evaluation Criteria:
Craftsmanship - Sharpness (appropriate, either shallow or deep)
Exposure (full shadow and highlight detail)
Contrast (a solid black, a bright white, and a full range of gray values)
Value (appropriate lightness / darkness)
Needs dodging and / or burning
Cleanness (no dust, scratches, water s[pts)

Aesthetic / Conceptual refinement (accomplishes assignment description and meets objective)

Grade ___________

Student Name_______________________________

Class Section #____________

Teacher Comments:

Introductory Photography Assignment #4 - Print "Contrast" - Picturing Light and Shadow Please hand in this sheet in a clear protective sleeve together with your prints and proof sheet(s). Assignment Description: Celebrate light and praise shadows, i.e. produce pictures that are more about a quality of light and space than representations of things and events. Light and shadow should be considered subject matter for this assignment. Meditate on this statement by Gaston Bachelard from The Poetics of Space: "The moment we love an image, it cannot remain the copy of a fact." Make three prints from one negative using a #00, #2, and #5 filters. If necessary, make a fourth print using one of the other filters in the Multigrade Filter Kit to accomplish optimal contrast (full shadow and highlight detail, with a solid black, a solid white, and a full range of gray values inbetween). This assignment must be done using film and darkroom techniques. (Digital methods for manipulating contrast will be demonstrated in class.) Related Reading Assignment: Study chapter 8, 9, and 10 of the textbook. Assignment Objective: Light and shadow are essential to our medium. The word "photography" literally means to mark with light. The point of this assignment is to intimately understand this. The aim is to be capable of identifying and working with different qualities of light (such as diffused, direct, and directional-diffused) in terms of exposure and film development. The experimentation with filters in the darkroom will help to clarify contrast and how to alter it. Suggestions: Make the first print using a #2 filter. For the second print, use a #00 filter and do everything exactly as you did for the first print. Make your third print use a #5 filter, but this time double the exposure (either open the enlarging lens one stop brighter or double the exposure time). Avoid night or flash photography for this assignment. Evaluation Criteria: Craftsmanship - Sharpness (appropriate, either shallow or deep) Exposure (full shadow and highlight detail) Contrast (a solid black, a bright white, and a full range of gray values) Value (appropriate lightness / darkness) Needs dodging and / or burning Cleanness (no dust, scratches, water s[pts) Aesthetic / Conceptual refinement (accomplishes assignment description and meets objective) Grade ___________ Student Name_______________________________ Class Section #____________ Teacher Comments:
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